County Aid funds are
appropriated by the Legislature annually for the improvement of
public roads and bridges under county jurisdiction. Public transportation
and other transportation projects are also included. Counties
are allotted funds not less than their combined total of 1984
apportioned Federal Aid Urban System funds and State match including
their portion of any non-attributable funds made available to
Small Urban Areas. The minimum allotment is $300,000.
Each county must develop
an Annual Transportation Program (ATP). In accordance with the adoption of revisions to the County Aid regulations N.J.A.C. 16:20A, the ATP shall list a pool of eligible projects by name and location with a brief description of each project and an estimate of the construction cost. The total cost of the pool of projects may exceed the amount of county local aid funds available The ATP shall be approved by the Board of Chosen Freeholders and submitted to the Local Aid District Office for approval.
Also,
the New Jersey Department
of Transportation (NJDOT)
is now requiring a
report of the County's
performance in expending
previously allotted
County Aid funds. Counties
shall provide this
report to the Local
Aid Office by December
31 of each year with
the understanding that
the payment method
for County Aid funds
will be based on the
expenditure performance
of each county. Failure
to provide this report
by December 31 will
be considered non-compliance
in expending the funds. Based
on performance, counties
will receive their
payment as specified
in the County Aid Regulation
16:20A. Payment will
not be made until approval
of the ATP and execution
of an agreement that
will be produced from
the online application
submission.
Annually, prior to August 31, each county will be advised of the amount of county local aid funds allotted for the current State fiscal year. Counties will be required to submit their applications online using SAGE (System for Administering Grants Electronically) by February 1 of the next year.
Additional detailed
information can be found in the State
Aid Handbook (pdf 137k).
- Office
of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular
07-05 (pdf
158k)
"This
is a courtesy copy of this rule. The official version is available
from LexisNexis,
the publisher of
the New Jersey Administrative
Code (N.J.A.C.).
Should there be any
discrepancies between
this courtesy copy
and the official
versions, the official
version shall govern."
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